Sikh Participation at 2018 Parliament of World's Religions in Toronto: Engaging worldwide Sikh community in interfaith dialogue and cultural exchange.
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The Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations (SCIR) coordinated the Sikh participation and presentations at the 2015 Salt Lake City Parliament of the World’s Religions at which about 300 Sikhs attended from across the world.
In view of the Nov 2018 Toronto Parliament of the World’s Religions, a Parliament Sikh Task Force was established by SCIR in early February 2017. The task force has been meeting since then about every other week to plan the Sikh participation under the leadership of Dr. Satpal Singh of Buffalo, NY as Convener and Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia (PWR Trustee) as Secretary. The charge of the task force is to coordinate and implement the active participation of the worldwide Sikh community at the upcoming parliament through:
Over 500 Sikhs from across the world are expected to attend the Parliament in Toronto. About 50 Sikhs speakers will be presenting at the Parliament. The plenary speakers include:
More than 75 concurrent Sikh panelist sessions are being presented at the Parliament with about over 15 Sikh sessions per day of the parliament.
Sikh morning religious observances will be held Nov 2 to Nov 6 from 8am to 9am. For a complete list of Sikh programming, please email parliamentsikh@gmail.com.
The Ontario Sikh and Gurdwara Council (OSGC) is taking the lead in organizing Guru ka Langar during lunchtime from Nov 2 to 6. Other Sikh communities from Canada and internationally are providing support for implementing the langar.
Two Sikh exhibits will be highlighted at the PWR Toronto. The Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada will showcase its award winning Sikhs and Canada Timeline Exhibit. An Exhibit on Langar will be placed in the langar hall by OSGC in collaboration with Khalsa Aid.
Vishvajit Singh, Founder of Sikh Toons, will be a part of the Interfaith Family Festival at the parliament and interact with attendees as Captain America.
Exhibit booths are being planned by World Sikh Organization – Canada, American Sikh Council, and Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations.
Current Sikh Trustees of the Parliament are Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia (Ohio, US), Dr. Manohar Singh Grewal (Vermont, US), and Dr. Sagina Kaur Hanjhra (Illinois, US).
For more information on the Sikh participation at PWR Toronto, please email parliamentsikh@gmail.com
We have worked for the last 18 months on this project with a team of 20 Sikh representatives from across the world. Over 75 Sikh sessions have been arranged with about 15 sessions with Sikh speakers each day of the parliament. About 500 Sikhs are expected to attend. About 8,000 persons from over 30 religious traditions and over 60 countries are expected to attend the parliament.
